Burghley Buys 2014

Hello!

I thought that I would do a post on the things that I bought from Burghley Horse Trials this year as I don't know about you, but I love having a nosy at what people buy!

First of all is probably an item many of you can guess if you have read the past few blog posts of mine...

Champion AirTech - £89.95

Yes! I finally have my new hat! This is actually what my 21st present from my parents was, I've just had to wait a month! It is the Champion Airtech helmet, and oh my isn't it gorgeous! Okay, the picture really isn't that great but I love it! I am so excited to wear this riding tomorrow!

Roma Stretch Hood - £18.95

I've also bought Pea a stretch hood. This is one which I think also goes over the face and is just a black elastic one as he has the blue zip up full face one, but I have decided to grab this one and not use the face bit but have it up to his ears. The bottom part of his mane always rubs away over winter and his shoulder guard didn't seem to help (I've not lost it), so over the summer it would slowly grow, just to get rubbed over winter. Therefore, I've decided to use a full neck hood which hopefully will stop this! However, the zip up ones were more expensive/couldn't be found so I just grabbed this one :)

Horze Ines Show Shirt - £26.99

I'm not sure how well you can see this from the pictures as they aren't very good, but I finally got a new show shirt which is so nice! It's a stretchy fabric (I bought one size down than I normally do!) and has such gorgeous buttons! The collar can be either a stock collar or tie collar, and there's also some navy thing which I'm not sure what it is but it might be another collar? It's so nice and I am planning on buying a navy spotted stock to go with it! So excited to get out competing again, just have to wait to know about what I'm doing after placement and get him back into work!

Norton Lead Rope - £6.50

I have been thinking about buying a new lead rope for a short while now as I have my leather head collar, and then also a spare nylon one, however, only one lead rope. So I decided to grab another lead rope and then use my old one as a spare one. A lot of Pea's things are navy or brown, so although this is a light blue it still goes with his stuff and I just really like it! 

Rydale Ava Stripe Shirt - £9.99

These shirts were actually two for £18 so my mum also bought one, saving a pound :) You can't really tell from the picture but it's a light blue stripe and it's long sleeved. When you turn the cuff back, it's pink and white striped and this is the same on the underside of the collar. It is so soft that I almost don't want to wash it and it's so comfy (I've been wearing it today!). Mine fits me really well but Mum reckons hers is slightly tight which is odd! However, I absolutely love it and it's such a steal at less than £10!

Horseware Ireland Socks - £8

I haven't properly taken these out of the packaging but they are long socks and I need more riding socks! I've recently bought two pairs from the riding sock company (I think that's who) which are so nice and then I saw these on sale at Burghley and decided that I had to get these too! You can never have too many riding socks! 

That's all I bought at Burghley, though the next day I did pop into my local tack shop and bought some country style boots which will hopefully last me longer than wellies! I also very nearly bought some rugs at Burghley, and there's one in my tack shop which I might buy - luckily I do have an excuse that it's a MW stable rug which he'll need when I finally sort out a job/place to live/place for Pea to live! 

Would you like to see my other recent horse buys? 

I will also have a Burghley round-up post shortly! 

Thanks for reading, 

Laura xx

[Laura Loves] ASDA Homewares

This weeks wishlist is slightly different than previously. This week, I am going to show you some pieces that George Home at ASDA have in that are equestrian themed. Normally, I don't go for too much horse items at home (I don't want to come across as a crazy horse lady!!) however, these items are just too nice! I love ASDAs home range - they always have so many nice items!

Pink Horse Cushion - £8

First is this cushion. I love cushions, but I never stick with a theme so I've decided that I'm just going to carry on buying the ones I like and when I get my own place, I'll work out a way for them to look right! This cushion is actually sold out online! Clearly proves how popular it is as it's new in!

Horse Shoe Hanging Ornament - £5

I'm pretty sure that this is more the type of thing that horse owners/riders will probably be more inclined to make themselves using their own horses' shoes, however, I still think it's a pretty cool thing that ASDA have come up with - although it does seem rather bland!

Horse Ornament - £18

This is the type of thing that would look so good on a mantlepiece or shelving unit, especially in a country style designed house. 

Annoyingly, I cannot find some of the other products I wanted to include, so I'm guessing they've maybe stopped selling them? Though I'm hoping that they are still in store... I've also lost the link for the cushion, but it is meant to be new in so hopefully it will be back on site soon! 

Let me know if you liked this post!

Thanks for reading, 

Laura xx

[Monthly Review] August 2014

There's isn't really much to report on for this month as Pea's on a holiday until I finish placement. Originally, the plan was to bring him up with me, however, finding somewhere suitable for him proved difficult and so I decided (with the help of you!) to leave him at home. As much as it pains me leaving him and not being able to do much with him or compete him, he's at least happy! This picture just sums up how much he has been loving his holiday:

He's mainly just been lunged or hacked as I don't feel it's too important to school him. However, once I am able to ride more permanent he is onto boot camp! He will be clipped, hopefully stabled again, and on the way to getting fit! I'm hoping the holiday will have done him some good...but with Pea, who knows? I have also decided that I am going to try and get fitter as it's unfair to expect him to do all the work and improve if I'm not fit enough! Therefore, I have started running again and will hopefully stick to going more often! Normally, after about two/three weeks I seem to stop..but not this time! Not riding during the week means that I have decided I can put that time to better use and get running. I also plan on doing some pilates or core exercises to strengthen my core which will hopefully help as well! If anyone has any tips, I'd love to hear them! 

September will probably be the same, but hopefully I will be fitter than what I currently am! As for the moment, Pea seems content with his holiday and didn't feel the need to get up despite me sitting on him or other horses coming over! 

Thanks for reading, 
Laura xx